Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-04-23
SING SING.
A Pen View OF the Celebrated
Prison on the Hudson.
Warden Brush CHATS About Importan.
Prisoners in His Charge.

important charges. He says ex-alderman
Jaehne is one of the best men he ever
had for prisoner. From the very be
ginning ofhis sentence he has obeyed
every rule to the letter.
in fact said the warden, che SEEM
ell anxious to learn exactly what he |
ought TO do, and to-day he is exactly
like clcck-work His health has i'm
proved with the regular living. and
his appetite is something pleasant
to behold. He Furnishes prison fare as
if he had been accustomed to it all his |
life. That is the only way for man to
get along in prison. He must look at the
situation from standpoint Of a philoso- |
pher and say to himself: II am here and
might as well make the best of a bad
bargain" Jaehne seems to be that sort
of man. | understand that he was an
inveterate smoker Of good cigars before
coming here. Still he enjoys pipe
which we allow him in the evening with
d.
But Ferdinand Ward, he is the most
persistent worker for trif1ing privileges
which we cannot allow him that you
ever heard Of If he wants a cigar he
will try to get it. although it is against
the rules, and any keeper showing favor
in this respect would be dealt with sum-
marily. Ward will resort to all little
schemes IN order to accomplish an OBJ
ject. He will not accept defeat. OF
course he is treated the same as any
other convict, but he is not will
ing to be as Jaehne is.
| Prisoners are allowed to read books and
magazines and we have quite a large
library here, but newspapers are not al
lowed. Some of the prisoners will get
! them, however A wife will send her
husband book Well, inside the cover,
perhaps, she has concealed newspaper,
or portion Of one, and when she hands it
TO hiha-at nertvisiu, which We allow every
two months, he is ready to understand
the slightest sign from her although a
keeper stands right by in tile room with
them.
''You would be surprised at the mem
ory Of an intelligent prisoner. When not
at work and not reading, they have
nothing to do but think, and they are
:, ever on the alert for news from the out
side world. If convict were to pass
throu III this hall now for ins tance, and
hear>1ou let drop a word, he would be
able to guess at the whole conversation
and tell h's friends about it. 1t IS in
stinct We rarely have trouble with
men of intelligence. They
readily understand the rules anf know
that the best way to get alon, is to fol
low them 1t is the tough that usually
tries TO kick over the traces but he
never succeeds in this institution. Bud
, dcnsiek. the man who was sent here FOR
| building mud houses, was an exception.
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little while that he tried to carry on
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